Melanie Neef

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Melanie Neef
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born26 May 1970
Scotland
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event400m
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Athletics
IAAF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 London 4 × 400 m relay
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Sheffield 4 × 100 m relay

Melanie Neef (born 26 May 1970) is a British former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She set her lifetime best of 51.18 seconds at the outdoor event. [1] [2]

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Biography

Born in Scotland to German footballer Gerhardt Neef, who was playing for Rangers F.C., [3] she became involved in athletics with the City of Glasgow AC. [4] Her first international medal came at the 1991 Summer Universiade where she was runner-up with the British women's 4 × 100 metres relay team. [5] She won senior gold medals with the 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 1994 European Cup and 1994 IAAF World Cup, as well as a fourth place at the 1994 European Athletics Championships. [4]

Neef took an individual silver medal at the 1994 European Cup behind Russia's Svetlana Goncharenko and returned the following year to win gold. [6] She was a finalist individually at the 1994 European Championships and came sixth for Scotland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Her last individual international outing was at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, where she was fourth in her semi-final. [1]

She was a four-time British 400 metres champion during her brief career, taking 400 m title outdoors at the AAA Championships in 1994 [7] and 1995, and the national indoor title at the AAA Indoor Championships in 1995 and 1996. [8] [9]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom10th (sf) 100 m 11.88
9th (sf) 200 m 24.14
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.97
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 26th (h) 100 m 12.39
16th (sf) 200 m 24.00
– 4 × 100 m relay DNF
1994 European Cup Birmingham, United Kingdom2nd400 m52.43
1st4 × 400 m relay3:27.33
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada6th 400 m 52.09
European Championships Helsinki, Finland6th 400 m 52.10
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.14
World Cup London, United Kingdom1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.36
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain4th (h) 400 m 53.34
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.39
European Cup Villeneuve d'Ascq, France1st400 m51.35
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden4th (semis) 400 m 51.18
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.89

National titles

References

  1. 1 2 Melanie Neef. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
  2. ↑ Melanie Neef. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
  3. ↑ Angus Wright (25 February 2010). "Old Firm in silent tribute for Rangers keeper Gerry Neef". The Scotsman . Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  4. 1 2 Melanie Neef. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
  5. ↑ World Student Games (Universiade. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
  6. ↑ European Cup (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
  7. ↑ "Classy Crampton hits the jackpot" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 June 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ AAA Indoor Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
  9. ↑ AAA Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
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